New Year’s Day Yoga & Sound Healing Retreat
A Day to Rest, Reset & Release before welcoming the year ahead.
Friday, January 2nd 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | The Octagon, Willingham
Start your new year from a grounded place of receptivity & availability.
Join Karen and Gabriela for a day of restorative practices & ceremony to help you release & land into your heart, on the potent first Full Moon of the New Year.
Early Bird Price £85 - available until 24/12/2026
🌿Begin the Year in Stillness & Deep Rest
Instead of rushing into resolutions or to-do lists, imagine stepping into the new year softly, breathing deeply, moving gently, surrendering to healing sounds and letting go deeply.
This retreat is an invitation to pause, to rest deeply and journey through sacred practices of yoga, sound, meditation, cacao ceremony and blissful Yoga Nidra, remembering who you truly are.
The Venue and location are special, and your hosts have carefully curated for you an experience of purification & renewal.
Click Here to Meet Your Hosts
🍂 What awaits ❄️
When you join the retreat you will be able to fully immerse yourself in a day of deep connection to your inner wisdom.
There will be Restorative Yoga practices to help you relax body & mind accompanied by sacred healing sounds to support healing & letting go. You will be able to share a lovingly prepared home cooked nourishing meal in community and take time for introspection & journalling. There will be a Cacao/Chai Ceremony to help you drop deeply into your heart to find & plant the seeds of intention for the year ahead.
You’ll leave feeling clear, rested, and connected to the quiet wisdom that lives within you, ready to enter the year aligned and open-hearted.
Click Here For The ScheduleMeet your hosts 🙌🏼
Gabriela - Milanam Yoga
Gabriela is a Yoga Teacher & Therapist, Ayurvedic & Vedic Astrology Consultant. She is a passionate educator and space holder, supporting and guiding her clients & students to live a harmonious & purposeful life, deeply connected body-mind-spirit. During the reatreat she will guide you through a restorative & therapeutic session of Supreme Release Yoga and take you on a journey of revelation & renewal with Yoga Nidra. She is also cooking and preparing a delicious & nutritious Ayurvedic lunch.
Find out more about Gabriela and her work HERE.
Karen - Stillness Within
Karen, from Stillness Within is an experienced Breathwork Practitioner, Sound Therapist, Reiki Healer, Ecstatic Dance Facilitator & Cacao Ceremony holder. She creates transformational workshops and events across Cambridgeshire, guiding people into deeper connection with their bodies, breath & energy, through powerful, embodied practices. Karen will be joining Gabriela for Yoga Nidra, playing soothing & sacred sounds on the singing bowls during Yoga Nidra, and she will hold the space for Cacao or Chai Ceremony.
Find our more about Karen and her work HERE.
Discover the Venue 🔔
As the name states, the shape of the space is an Octagon, a symbol of transformation, new beginnings and protection.
The venue is at the Northern side of the church making it an auspicious location, surrounded by old, tall trees that cover the church yard, invoking a timeless and ancestral feel to the place.
We will be preparing Cacao, chai, snacks and serve a home cooked lunch from the kitchen inside the Octagon.
After lunch there will be quiet time for digestion and introspection with a choice of taking a Walking Meditation on the grounds of the churchyard, or choosing silent reflection and journalling.
During the Retreat you will be able to fully immerse yourself in a day of deep rest, gentle letting go & renewal.
📍 The Octagon is nestled behind the church of St Mary & All Saints in the village of Willingham - CB25 5YR - 20 minutes drive from Cambridge, and it be accessed through the Guided Busway and cycling route. Car share from Cambridge may be arranged closer to the date.
We are so excited to have you part of our special day on the first Full Moon of 2026.
Gabriela & Karen x
Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Gabriela will guide you into simple & nourishing yogic practices, with no previous experience necessary.
In Restorative Yoga your whole body is supported with props, so that you can relax from deep within into sacred angles that unblock tension & release the flow of energy. On the afternoon of the retreat day you will be guided into Yoga Nidra, a deep sleep state where healing & regeneration can take place.
Sacred Sound & Cacao Ceremony
Karen is a heart led facilitator who believes deeply in intuitive teaching, creating warm and welcoming spaces for learning, releasing & opening up.
Karen is deeply connected to sound & rhythm, as a singer, Sound Therapist & Ecstatic Dance Facilitator. She will be guiding you through deep breaths, healing sacred sounds & deep heart connection.
She will be guiding a closing Cacao Ceremony where the seeds of intention & growth in the New Year can be planted.
The Schedule 🪔
We will be opening our doors to welcome you to the warm Octagon on January 2 from 10 am.
Upon arrival you will be able to settle with a cup of delicious tea and we will open the space for our Retreat with a short settling in & ritual.
- From 10:30 to 11:45 pm you will be guided into a deeply Restorative Yoga practice where your body & mind will be able to relax deeply and let go of physical, emotional & mental tension, one breath at a time.
- Lunch will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 pm. You will be able to enjoy a nutritious dhal with nourishing rice and seasonal vegetables.
- The time between 12:30 & 1:00 pm will be dedicated to silence - Mouna. During this time you are able to go outside and take a walking meditation on the grounds, journal, reflect or help with the clearing of lunch in the kitchen. Whatever you choose to do during this time, it will be practiced in silence.
- From 1:15 pm you will return to your cosy nest on the mats and Gabriela & Karen will guide you Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath.
- From 2 to 3 pm Karen will guide you into a Cacao/Chai Ceremony to ground deeply into your heart and set establish the vision for the year ahead. This will be our closing Circle and conclude the retreat day.
You will leave the retreat stepping lightly, deeply rested & feeling grounded, inspired for the winter months to come.
Get the Early 🐤 for £85 when you book by 24/12/25
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Rest, Reset & Release New Year Day Retreat
Restorative Yoga, Sound Bath, Cacao ceremony, Yoga Nidra & Lunch included
2 monthly payments of £45.00 GBP
Rest, Reset & Release New Year Day Retreat
Restorative Yoga, Sound Bath, Cacao ceremony, Yoga Nidra & Lunch included
£85.00 GBP
Terms & Conditions
Once your confirm payment, 35% of the sum goes towards a non-refundable deposit. If you need to cancel you can get a refund of the remaining amount until December 25. After this date, there will be no refunds issued, but you are welcomed to pass on your place to a friend, or loved one if you can't make it on the day.
After booking you will receive an email with a Health Questionnaire Form to be completed by December 30.
Please check the FAQ section for further questions, and if you can't find what you are looking for you can email us at [email protected] .
